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    Kyiv School Welcomes Children Displaced From Ukraine’s East
    Sep01

    Kyiv School Welcomes Children Displaced From Ukraine’s East

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 16:38 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    On September 1, Kyiv’s School No. 309 welcomed 218 children from families displaced from the country’s embattled east. At a back-to-school ceremony, the school director said she admired the children’s “courage and loyalty to Ukraine.” The wife of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Maryna Poroshenko, who also...

    NATO plans high-readiness force to counter Russia
    Sep01

    NATO plans high-readiness force to counter Russia

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 16:38 (EEST) Section: The Bismarck Tribune

    NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media ahead of the NATO summit in Wales, at the Residence Palace in Brussels, Monday Sept. 1, 2014. Russia and Ukraine will be the to… …read more Source: The Bismarck...

    NATO plans high-readiness force to counter Russia
    Sep01

    NATO plans high-readiness force to counter Russia

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 16:38 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    Backed by air and naval assets, the unit would be a “spearhead” that could be deployed at very short notice to help NATO members defend themselves against any threat, including Russia, Rasmussen said. Since the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula by Russia in March, Poland and other Eastern European members of NATO have demanded the...

    NATO Planning Special Military Force to Counter Russia Agression
    Sep01

    NATO Planning Special Military Force to Counter Russia Agression

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 16:38 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    BRUSSELS—NATO leaders this week will be asked to approve creation of a high-readiness force and the stockpiling of military equipment and supplies in Eastern Europe to help protect member nations there against potential Russian aggression, the alliance’s secretary general said Monday. “The Readiness Action Plan will ensure that we have the...

    Ukraine Accuses Russia Of ‘Open Aggression’ As Rebels Advance
    Sep01

    Ukraine Accuses Russia Of ‘Open Aggression’ As Rebels Advance

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 16:38 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accused Russia on Monday of “direct and open aggression” which he said had radically changed the battlefield balance as Kiev’s forces suffer major reverses in the war with pro-Moscow separatists. Ukraine’s military said its forces had been ordered to pull back from a...

    Ukraine crisis may solve NATO’s ‘identity crisis’
    Sep01

    Ukraine crisis may solve NATO’s ‘identity crisis’

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 15:09 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    World leaders, diplomats and experts have often fretted about the future of NATO and whether the end of its mission in Afghanistan would also be the end of its relevance. …read more Source: Los Angeles...

    Developments in Ukraine – Sept. 1, 2014
    Sep01

    Developments in Ukraine – Sept. 1, 2014

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 15:09 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

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    Slovyansk Children Return To School Amid Ongoing Conflict
    Sep01

    Slovyansk Children Return To School Amid Ongoing Conflict

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 15:09 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Children in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk attended their first day of school on September 1. Students recited Ukrainian poetry and sang along to the national anthem at a back-to-school ceremony in the former stronghold of pro-Russian separatists, recaptured by the Ukrainian military in early July. (Reuters) …read more Source:...

    Poland’s PM: Ukraine’s War Must be Stopped Now
    Sep01

    Poland’s PM: Ukraine’s War Must be Stopped Now

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 15:09 (EEST) Section: The Epoch Times (USA)

    GDANSK, Poland— Poland’s prime minister says the anniversary of World War II makes it crucial to put an end to the war in Ukraine. Prime Minister Donald Tusk, chosen by EU leaders to be the next president of the European Council, spoke Monday at the Westerplatte peninsula on the Baltic coast, where some of the first shots of World War II...

    Ukraine Accuses Russia Of ‘Direct And Open Aggression’
    Sep01

    Ukraine Accuses Russia Of ‘Direct And Open Aggression’

    Monday, September 1 , 2014 - 14:59 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    KIEV, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Monday it had pulled its forces back from defending a vital airport in the east against Russian tanks, as President Petro Poroshenko accused Moscow of “direct and open aggression”. The withdrawal from the civilian airport outside the city of Luhansk was the latest in a...